Singing of Ku ha’aheo and Hawaii Loa chorus & translation

Must see video of Ku Kia’i Mauna — the guardians of the mountain
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2019/08/09/mauna-kea-update-events-and-meetings-polls-and-hashtags/

Ku ha’aheo chorus and translation

*Stand tall my Hawai’i

Kū ha’aheo e ku’u Hawai’i

Mamaka kaua o ku’u ‘āina

‘O ke ehu kakahiaka o nā ‘ōiwi o Hawai’i nei

No ku’u lahui e hā’awi pau a i ola mau

*Stand tall my Hawai’i

Band of warriors of my land

The new dawn for our people of Hawai’i is upon us

For my nation I give my all so that our legacy lives on

Hawai’i Loa, ku like kakou,
(All Hawai’i stand together,)

Hawai’i Loa, ku like kakou,
Ku pa’a me ka lokahi e,
Ku kala me ka wiwo’ole
‘Onipa’a kakou, ‘onipa’a kakou,
A lanakila, na kini e,
E ola, e ola, e ola na kini e

All Hawai’i stand together,
It is now and forever,
To raise our voices,
and hold your banners high,
We shall stand as a nation,
To guide the destiny
of our generation,
To sing and praise
the glory of our land

Photos from Jan. 20 Trump Inauguration protest in Hilo, Hawaii at the Downtown Post Office – Federal Building provided by Jack Lockwood

MILLIONS MARCH!

For Women’s Rights, Disability Rights, Hawaiian, African American, Mexican, Muslim, Jewish, Palestinian, Immigrant, Gay, Bi, and Trans people, Journalists, for Peace and against war, for saving the planet from climate disaster, etc.

Millions marched in more than 600 cities and towns around the world on seven continents and many islands including Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Hawaii Island where thousands marched in both Hilo and Kona

                                                                                    
What’s Next?  Check out
https://www.womensmarch.com/  Ten actions in a 100 days

Get Involved!  Speak Up Now!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
   4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
   5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

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Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet Jan. 27, 2017– 801st week – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

I’m just home from the Hilo Women’s March.  Despite Rainy weather the turn out was massive.  My estimate would be over 2000, perhaps 3000.  The program of music and speakers was excellent and really built for unity. Jackie Pualani Johnson lead off with a beautiful Kahea (Call) that set the positive tone for the rights of women, native people and other people of color, the poor, people with disabilities, Muslims, immigrants, and issues of health care, climate disaster, and peace. There will be important work in the days ahead to support one another as the Trump agenda is brought forward.

Stand in solidarity always,

Jim Albertini 

Aloha kakou,

This Friday is our 800th consecutive weekly Hilo peace vigil at the downtown Hilo Fed. bldg./Post office.  It’s also Trump’s Inauguration Day so I expect a larger crowd than usual. (See below)  I’ll be bringing a portable sound system for speakers and some music.   Mahalo and solidarity for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina.

Jim Albertini

This week’s peace leaflet is below the protest flyer. Click on the link to open.

PROTEST

The Inauguration of

Live Aloha!

No More Hate, No more Racism,  Sexism, Bigotry, War, etc.

`We Shall Overcome what Martin Luther King called “the giant triplets of Racism, Extreme Materialism and Militarism”

Friday, January 20, 2017

3-5 PM Downtown Hilo Post office/Federal Bldg

Speakers, Music, Bring protest signs!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
   4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
   5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

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Jan. 20, 2017 Hilo peace Vigil leaflet on Speak Up Now!#2

“When the truth is replaced with silence, the silence is a lie”.   Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko  

Speak Up Now!

First Trump came for the women
and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t a woman.

Then Trump came for the people with disabilities and I didn’t speak up–
Because I didn’t have a disability.

         Then Trump came for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians but  I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t Native

Then Trump came for the African Americans
and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t African American.

Then Trump came for the Mexicans
and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t Mexican.

Then Trump came for the Muslims
and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t Muslim.

Then Trump came for the gay, bi, and trans people and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t gay, bi or trans.

Then Trump came for the Jews & Palestinians
and I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t a Jew or Palestinian

Then Trump came for the journalists
And I didn’t speak up–
Because I wasn’t a journalist.

Will Trump come for me next?
If I do not speak up Now, who am I?

If Not Now, When?

There is such a thing as being Too Late!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
   4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
   5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

Sign up on our website to receive our posts  http://www.malu-aina.org/

Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet Jan. 20, 2017–800th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office